IJP

4TH IJP ALUMNI CONFERENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY

OCTOBER 8 – 10, 2009 MARRIOTT HOTEL HEIDELBERG,

HOSTING REGION

KINDLY SUPPORTED BY IJP

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009

18.30 WELCOME RECEPTION & PRE-OPENING BARBECUE FOR EARLY ARRIVALS (Informal) - open Terrace, Marriott Hotel

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2009

10.30 ARRIVAL & REGISTRATION

11.00 OPENING REMARKS Vassilios Theodossiou, Director, IJP, , Germany Dr. Christian Tidona, Managing Director, Biotechnology Cluster -Neckar (BioRN), Heidelberg, Germany

PART I: & RESEARCH

11.15 OPENING LECTURE CONTEMPLATION ON THE INTERFACE BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SOCIETY Prof. Dr. Werner Arber, Professor emeritus, Division of Molecular Microbiology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland, Nobel Laureate in Medicine 1978 Chair: Marco Vollmar, Deutsche Welle, , Germany

12.15 LUNCH

13.15 PANEL I a FIGHTING CANCER – NEW THERAPIES, NEW HOPES? Dr. Jens Oliver Funk, Senior Vice President, Merck Serono R&D, EMD Serono, Billerica, MA, USA Prof. Dr. Andreas Trumpp, Managing Director, Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM gGmbH), Heidelberg, Germany Adam Wishart, Journalist and Writer, , United Kingdom Chair: Miodrag Soric, Head of Studio Washington, Deutsche Welle, Washington, DC, USA

13.15 PANEL I b WHAT STEM CELLS CAN DO FOR ME Dr. Eberhard Lampeter, CEO, Vita 34 International, , Germany Prof. Dr. Steven Minger, Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King´s College, London, United Kingdom Dr. Dr. Wolfgang Rüdinger, Managing Director, Cytonet, , Germany Chair: Miriam Betancourt, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, , Germany

13.15 PANEL I c HPV-VACCINATION – A TRIUMPH OF BIOTECHNOLOGY? Prof. Dr. Lutz Gissmann, Head of Division for Genome Modifications & Carcinogenesis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany Dr. Hans Joachim Hutt, Director Scientific & Regulatory, Sanofi Pasteur MSD, , Germany Chair: Kirsten Mrkwicka, IJP, Berlin, Germany

15.00 COFFEE BREAK IJP

PART II: BUSINESS & ECONOMY

15.45 PANEL II a EFFECTS OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS ON R&D Dr. Georg Licht, Director, Industrial Economics and International Management, Centre for European Economic Research, , Germany Dr. Jan Schmidt-Brand, CEO, BIO Deutschland, Berlin, Germany Chair: Susanne Henn, Deutsche Welle Radio, Brussels, Belgium

15.45 PANEL II b ASIA ON THE RISE – WILL THERE BE A FUTURE FOR R&D IN EUROPE? Liam Condon, Managing Director, Bayer HealthCare China, Shanghai, China Willy de Greef, Secretary General, EuropaBio, Brussels, Belgium Dr. Aoife Hanley, Researcher, Knowledge Creation and Growth, Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, Germany Chair: Dr. Ulrich Brümmer, MDR, , Germany

15.45 PANEL II c SCIENTIFIC CLUSTERS – SUCCESS STRATEGY TO PROMOTE R&D SUSTAINABLY? Prof. Alan Barrell, Entrepreneur in Residence, Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, University of , United Kingdom Jürgen Oswald, Head of Division, -Württemberg Ministry of Economics, , Germany Dr. Christian Tidona, Managing Director, Biotechnology Cluster Rhine-Neckar (BioRN), Heidelberg, Germany Chair: Dr. Björn P. Böer, Chief editor, wdv Gesellschaft für Medien & Kommunikation, Offenbach, Germany

17.30 PHOTO SESSION

18.45 TRANSFER BY BUS FROM THE HOTEL TO THE DINNER LOCATION

19.00 DINNER ON INVITATION OF THE GERMAN FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Formal)

Restaurant Weißer Bock Große Mantelgasse 24 69117 Heidelberg Tel.: +49 6221 9000-0

DINNER SPEECH Dr. Zenner, Deputy Director-General for Communication and Public Diplomacy, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Germany

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2009

PART III: POLICY & ETHICS

09.00 KEYNOTE SPEECH Dr. Kári Stefánsson, CEO, deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland Chair: Vassilios Theodossiou, Director, IJP, Berlin, Germany

10.00 COFFEE BREAK IJP

10.30 PANEL III a AIDS/HIV – A GLOBAL CHALLENGE Prof. Dr. Beau M. Ances, Neurologist, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA Stanley T. Kwenda, Correspondent, Inter Press News Service, Harare, Zimbabwe Prof. Dr. Hans Wolf, Director, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of , Germany Chair: Vassilios Theodossiou, IJP, Berlin, Germany

10.30 PANEL III b STEM CELL RESEARCH – BALANCING BENEFIT AND ETHICAL VALUES Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Heinemann, Scientist, Institute of Science and Ethics, University of Bonn, Germany Prof. Dr. Franz Jakob, Director, Orthopaedic Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Wuerzburg, Germany Chair: Kirsten Mrkwicka, IJP, Berlin, Germany

10.30 PANEL III c PERSONALIZED MEDICINE – INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT AND THE ECONOMY OF HEALTH Dr. Susanne Arbogast, Global Head Pathology & Tissue Biomarkers, Roche Diagnostics, Penzberg, Germany Dr. Kári Stefánsson,CEO, deCODE Genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland Chair: Miriam Betancourt, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Cologne, Germany

12.15 FINAL SESSION Prof. Dr. Stefan Meuer, Director, Institute for Immunology, University of Heidelberg, Germany Chair: Ulrich Timm, ARD EinsExtra, Germany

13.15 LUNCH

14.30 EXCURSIONS Group 1: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany Group 2: Factory Sightseeing with Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany Group 3: Special – Visit of European Space Operations Centre, European Space Agency, , Germany

20.00 FAREWELL PARTY (Informal)

Ivory & Ebony Neuenheimer Landstr. 5 69120 Heidelberg Tel.: +49 6221 650 97 62

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2009

09.00 BREAKFAST

10.00 CITY TOUR THROUGH HEIDELBERG

13.30 LUNCH (INDIVIDUAL)